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Spyware Hunters Are Expanding Their Tool Set

By Lily Hay Newman — August 18th 2022 at 21:42
This invasive malware isn’t just for phones—it can target your PC too. But a new batch of algorithms aims to weed out this threat.
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How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging

By Brian Barrett, Andrew Couts — August 18th 2022 at 11:00
The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.
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The Family That Mined the Pentagon's Data for Profit

By Mark Harris — August 18th 2022 at 10:00
The Freedom of Information Act helps Americans learn what the government is up to. The Poseys exploited it—and became unlikely defenders of transparency.
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The Android 13 Privacy Settings You Should Update Now

By Matt Burgess — August 17th 2022 at 16:27
Google’s new mobile operating system has arrived. Take back some control with these privacy and security tips.
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How to Create a Secure Folder on Your Phone

By David Nield — August 14th 2022 at 11:00
Keep private photos, videos, and documents away from prying eyes.
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A New Tractor Jailbreak Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave

By Lily Hay Newman — August 14th 2022 at 01:31
A hacker has formulated an exploit that provides root access to two popular models of the company’s farm equipment.
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Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk

By Lily Hay Newman — August 13th 2022 at 19:33
The Veterans Affairs’ VistA software has a vulnerability that could let an attacker “masquerade as a doctor,” a security researcher warns.
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The Feds Gear Up for a Privacy Crackdown

By Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts — August 13th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Cisco gets hit by ransomware, Twilio gets phished, a new way to fight email spammers, and much more.
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A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS

By Matt Burgess — August 12th 2022 at 23:00
An injection flaw allowed a researcher to access all files on a Mac. Apple issued a fix, but some machines may still be vulnerable.
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Zoom’s Auto-Update Feature Came With Hidden Risks on Mac

By Lily Hay Newman — August 12th 2022 at 20:34
The popular video meeting app makes it easy to keep the software up to date—but it also introduced vulnerabilities.
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Here’s What Trump’s ‘Nuclear Documents’ Could Be

By Garrett M. Graff — August 12th 2022 at 17:55
FBI agents reportedly searched Mar-a-Lago for “nuclear documents.” That can fall into one of these four categories.
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The US Offers a $10M Bounty for Intel on Conti Ransomware Gang

By Matt Burgess — August 11th 2022 at 18:09
The State Department organization has called for people to share details about five key members of the hacking group.
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Sloppy Software Patches Are a ‘Disturbing Trend’

By Lily Hay Newman — August 11th 2022 at 17:28
The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.
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Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption

By Lily Hay Newman — August 11th 2022 at 11:00
The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
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This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You’re Being Followed

By Matt Burgess — August 11th 2022 at 11:00
The Raspberry Pi-powered device can scan for phones around you. If it keeps spotting the same one, it’ll send you an alert.
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Google's Android Red Team Had a Full Pixel 6 Pwn Before Launch

By Lily Hay Newman — August 10th 2022 at 21:38
Before the flagship phone ever landed in users’ hands, the security team thoroughly hacked it by finding bugs and developing exploits.
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A Long-Awaited IoT Reverse Engineering Tool Is Finally Here

By Lily Hay Newman — August 10th 2022 at 18:01
Ten years after it was first unveiled, the powerful firmware analysis platform Ofrak is now available to anyone.
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The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun

By Matt Burgess — August 10th 2022 at 14:00
It cost a researcher only $25 worth of parts to create a tool that allows custom code to run on the satellite dishes.
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One of 5G’s Biggest Features Is a Security Minefield

By Lily Hay Newman — August 9th 2022 at 22:46
New research found troubling vulnerabilities in the 5G platforms carriers offer to wrangle embedded device data.
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Big Takeaways From the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid

By Garrett M. Graff — August 9th 2022 at 18:51
The fact that a search of Donald Trump's Florida home was even necessary says a lot.
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Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?

By Matt Burgess — August 9th 2022 at 13:45
Regulators are close to stopping Meta from sending EU data to the US, bringing a years-long privacy battle to a head.
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GitHub Moves to Guard Open Source Against Supply Chain Attacks

By Lily Hay Newman — August 8th 2022 at 23:19
The popular Microsoft-owned code repository plans to roll out code signing, which will help beef up the security of open source projects.
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A Phone Carrier That Doesn’t Track Your Browsing or Location

By Lily Hay Newman — August 8th 2022 at 17:17
The new Pretty Good Phone Privacy service for Android hides the data linking you to your mobile device.
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How to Use Lockdown Mode in iOS 16 to Make Your Phone More Secure

By David Nield — August 7th 2022 at 11:00
Whether you want to turn off link previews or block unwanted FaceTime calls, here's what you need to know.
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The US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws

By Andrew Couts — August 6th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.
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An ISP Settled Piracy Lawsuits. Could Users Take the Hit?

By Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica — August 6th 2022 at 13:00
Now that Charter has reached settlements with major record labels, it’s unclear whether the cable provider will pull the plug on users who pirate music.
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A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years

By Lily Hay Newman — August 5th 2022 at 22:09
The exposure of cryptographically scrambled passwords isn’t a worst-case scenario—but it isn’t great, either.
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All the Data Amazon's Ring Cameras Collect About You

By Matt Burgess — August 5th 2022 at 11:00
The popular security devices are tracking (and sharing) more than you might think.
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An Attack on Albanian Government Suggests New Iranian Aggression

By Lily Hay Newman — August 4th 2022 at 21:30
A Tehran-linked hack of a NATO member marks a significant escalation against the backdrop of US-Iran nuclear talks.
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The Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen

By Lily Hay Newman — August 3rd 2022 at 16:43
What's it like to be responsible for a billion people's digital security? Just ask the company's Morse researchers.
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A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica — August 3rd 2022 at 13:00
SIKE was a contender for post-quantum-computing encryption. It took researchers an hour and a single PC to break it.
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Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial

By Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg — August 2nd 2022 at 22:02
Roman Sterlingov, accused of laundering $336 million, is proclaiming his innocence—and challenging a key investigative tool.
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Apple Just Patched 39 iPhone Security Bugs

By Kate O'Flaherty — July 31st 2022 at 11:00
Plus: A Google Chrome patch licks the DevilsTongue spyware, Android’s kernel gets a tune-up, and Microsoft fixes 84 flaws.
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You Pay More When Companies Get Hacked

By Matt Burgess — July 30th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: Google delays the end of cookies (again), EU officials were targeted with Pegasus spyware, and more of the top security news.
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How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship

By Matt Burgess — July 28th 2022 at 14:34
Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results.
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Don’t Call the New Federal Gun Law a Gun Law

By Matt Laslo — July 27th 2022 at 11:00
Democratic senators lacked actionable gun data for their negotiations—so they passed mental health reform instead.
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Russia Is Quietly Ramping Up Its Internet Censorship Machine

By Matt Burgess — July 25th 2022 at 11:00
Since Vladimir Putin blocked Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in March, Russia has been pushing away from the global internet at a rapid pace.
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Interstate Travel Post-Roe Isn’t as Secure as You May Think

By Thor Benson — July 25th 2022 at 11:00
Despite the DOJ vowing to protect people's ability to travel out of state for abortion care, legal experts warn not to take that freedom for granted.
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How to Safely Lend Someone Else Your Phone

By David Nield — July 24th 2022 at 13:00
The next time someone wants to borrow your device to make a call or take a picture, take these steps to protect your privacy.
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The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

By Lily Hay Newman — July 23rd 2022 at 13:00
Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO's Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues.
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The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris

By Matt Burgess — July 22nd 2022 at 11:00
As new details about the scope of the sabotage emerge, the perpetrators—and the reason for their vandalism—remain unknown.
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The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats

By Lily Hay Newman — July 21st 2022 at 14:52
While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.
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Congress Might Pass an Actually Good Privacy Bill

By Gilad Edelman — July 21st 2022 at 12:00
A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law.
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The DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking Data

By Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica — July 20th 2022 at 20:00
The ACLU released a trove of documents showing how Homeland Security contracted with surveillance companies to scour location information.
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The Most Popular Period-Tracking Apps, Ranked by Data Privacy

By Kristen Poli — July 20th 2022 at 11:00
Under increased scrutiny, certain period-tracking apps are seeing a surge of new users. Which are as safe as they claim to be?
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Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups

By Lily Hay Newman — July 19th 2022 at 19:40
Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform.
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Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants

By Matt Burgess — July 16th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week's top security news.
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A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser

By Lily Hay Newman — July 14th 2022 at 11:00
Researchers have found a way to use the web's basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.
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New ‘Retbleed’ Attack Can Swipe Key Data From Intel and AMD CPUs

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica — July 13th 2022 at 16:00
The exploit can leak password information and other sensitive material, but the chipmakers are rolling out mitigations.
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A Privacy Panic Flares Up in India After Police Pull Payment Data

By Varsha Bansal — July 12th 2022 at 17:01
Nonprofit donors had their information given to law enforcement without consent, highlighting limited data protections in the world’s largest democracy.
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The January 6 Insurrection Hearings Are Just Heating Up

By Garrett M. Graff — July 11th 2022 at 18:27
The US House committee has already uncovered a more organized and sinister plot than many imagined. But history suggests the worst may be yet to come.
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Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine

By Matt Burgess — July 11th 2022 at 11:00
The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations.
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Chinese Police Exposed 1B People's Data in Unprecedented Leak

By Lily Hay Newman — July 9th 2022 at 13:00
Plus: A duplicitous bug bounty scheme, the iPhone's new “lockdown mode,” and more of the week's top security news.
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Will These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?

By Amit Katwala — July 8th 2022 at 15:10
Quantum-proof encryption is here—decades before it can be put to the test.
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An ISP Scam Targeted Low-Income People Seeking Government Aid

By Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica — July 8th 2022 at 13:00
The US Federal Communications Commission says a man posing as a fake broadband service promised victims discounts on internet services and devices.
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The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America

By Thor Benson — July 7th 2022 at 11:00
Known as ALPRs, this surveillance tech is pervasive across the US—and could soon be used by police and anti-abortion groups alike.
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